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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Donny Donowitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yin Tao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Donowitz might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Mama Said Knock You Out. Tao comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Philip Bailey - Walking on the Chinese Wall kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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160 lbs
38 - 9 - 0 |
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160 lbs
32 - 11 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
38 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Donny Donowitz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yin Tao!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tao doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Donowitz throws a low kick but Tao moves out of range easily.
Donowitz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tao thows a left - swing and a miss!
Donowitz has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Donowitz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Donowitz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tao has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Donowitz lands a right hook to the body.
Tao throws a body punch but Donowitz moves out of range.
Donowitz moves out of range of the strikes.
Tao takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tao has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Tao throws a body punch but Donowitz moves out of range.
Donowitz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Donowitz staying out of range there.
Donowitz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Donowitz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tao.
Tao tries a head kick but it misses.
Donowitz rushes Tao and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tao misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tao cracks Donowitz with a nice body shot.
Donowitz lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donowitz.
Tao misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Donowitz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tao lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Donowitz backwards.
Tao doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Donowitz has Tao pressed against the cage, preventing Tao from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Donowitz throws a head punch that misses.
Donowitz misses with the head strike.
Donowitz swings wildly with an uppercut but Tao uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Donowitz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Donowitz.
Tao throws a head punch that misses.
Tao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Donowitz has Tao pressed against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tao swings wildly with an uppercut but Donowitz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tao blocking some punches.
Donowitz can't find room to land a body shot as Tao controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tao.
Donowitz controlling the action here for a moment.
Donowitz throws a head punch that misses.
Tao tries to work over Donowitz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz misses with a punch on the inside.
Donowitz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Tao.
A right hook to the body lands for Tao.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tao.
Donowitz is trying to maintain a safe position but Tao gets an underhook and turns Donowitz into the cage.
Tao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tao manages to break the clinch.
Tao throws the kick towards the body but Donowitz avoids it.
Donowitz scores with a punch to the head.
Tao takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Donowitz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tao.
Donowitz throws a sloppy head kick and Tao moves out of range easily.
Donowitz wants to clinch.
A lazy left from Tao finds it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tao scores with a shot to the body.
Donowitz looks for the body kick but Tao saw that one coming.
Tao throws a jab when Donowitz was well out of range.
Tao tries to score with a low kick but Donowitz moves his leg out of the way.
Tao lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Donowitz on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tao. Tao obviously looking to wear him down.
Tao pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Donowitz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Donowitz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A swing and a miss from Tao.
Tao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donowitz moves away.
Donowitz walks into a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tao misses with a combination
and Donowitz counters with a nice body kick.
Donowitz moves out of range of the body kick.
Donowitz scores with a spinning back kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Donny Donowitz will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Donowitz throws a body punch but Tao moves out of range.
Donowitz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Donny Donowitz is winning the standup battle so far.
Donowitz takes a swing at Tao's ribcage but misses.
Tao scores with a body shot.
Donowitz avoids the body shot from Tao.
Donowitz throws the kick towards the body but Tao avoids it.
Donowitz thows a leg kick but Tao checks it
and Tao counters with a nice uppercut.
Donowitz throws a looping overhand right but Tao ducks down to avoid it.
Donowitz misses with a hook. Tao ducked under it nicely.
Donowitz moves out of range of the leg kick from Tao.
A swing and a miss from Donowitz.
Tao lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tao swings for the body but Donowitz moves out of range.
Tao misses with a looping right.
Donowitz just misses with a punch to the body.
Donowitz scores with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donowitz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tao feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Donowitzs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tao will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Donowitz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tao misses with a low kick.
Tao connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Donowitz's hands.
Tao falls off balance throwing a combination
and Donowitz makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Donowitz throws a shot to the body.
Tao throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Donowitz scores with a spinning back kick!
Donowitz tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Donowitz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tao cracks a nice hook into Donowitz's ribs.
Donowitz lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
An inside leg kick lands from Tao.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tao misses with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donowitz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tao fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Donowitz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tao with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Donowitz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Donowitz moves out of range of the leg kick from Tao.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tao.
A big left from Tao misses.
A jab from Tao misses.
Donowitz throws the kick towards the body but Tao avoids it.
Tao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donowitz.
Donowitz throws out a loose jab but Tao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donowitz throws a front kick aimed at Tao's knee but Tao avoids it well.
Donowitz scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tao. Tao circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Donowitz misses with a low kick.
Tao misses with a left hand
and Donowitz counters with a thumping low kick.
Donowitz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Donowitz throws out the jab.
Tao scores with a jab to the head.
Donowitz wants to clinch.
Tao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donowitz throws the kick towards the body but Tao avoids it.
Donowitz looks for the body kick but Tao saw that one coming.
Decent striking displayed by Tao there.
Tao ducks under a wild hook from Donowitz.
Tao will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tao. That did some damage!
Donowitz misses with a looping right.
Tao misses with a leg kick
and Donowitz counters with a solid body kick.
Donowitz does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Donowitz throws out a loose jab but Tao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheers as Tao lands an impressive looking overhand right. Donowitz doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donowitz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tao can pounce on him.
Tao's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tao. Donowitz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donowitz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donowitz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tao is able to avoid easily.
Donowitz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tao rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Donowitz counters with a good, hard body kick but Tao shrugs it off.
Tao misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Yin Tao will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
A leg kick checked by Tao.
Donowitz throws a leg kick which misses Tao's front leg but catches the back leg as Tao tries to avoid it.
Donowitz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Donowitz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tao moves away.
Donowitz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Donowitz walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tao.
Donk. Donowitz catches Tao right on the button with a cross.
Donowitz throws a head kick that misses.
Tao ducks right into an uppercut from Donowitz.
Donowitz throws a body punch but Tao moves out of range.
Tao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donowitz moves away.
Tao scores with a kick to the body.
Tao misses with a body kick.
Donowitz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tao.
Tao misses with a left hand
and Donowitz counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tao misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tao slips under a jab.
Tao pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Donowitz checks a leg kick.
Donowitz tries to clinch but Tao moves out of range.
Donowitz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tao cracks Donowitz with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tao.
Tao throws a jab when Donowitz was well out of range.
Donowitz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Donowitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Donowitz lands a right hand.
Donowitz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Donowitz.
Donowitz misses with the head strike.
Tao lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Donowitz.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Donowitz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Tao.
It looks like Donny Donowitz has been cut.
Tao pushes Donowitz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tao cracks Donowitz with a nice body shot.
Donowitz blocking some punches.
Tao tries to work over Donowitz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Donowitz tries to work over Tao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tao tries to circle away but Donowitz has him pinned against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Donowitz fails to land.
Tao breaks from the clinch.
Tao turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Donowitz swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tao counters with a straight right hand.
Tao looks for the body kick but Donowitz saw that one coming.
A slapping leg kick lands for Donowitz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz looks to land a right hand but Tao moved out of range.
Donowitz checks a leg kick nicely.
Tao scores with a sloppy right hand. Donowitz should have avoided that one.
Donowitz pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tao is out of range and Donowitz settles back down.
Donowitz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donowitz.
Donowitz tries to work over Tao's front leg with a kick but Tao checks it.
Donowitz misses with a looping right.
Donowitz pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tao is out of range and Donowitz settles back down.
A good leg kick by Donowitz.
A big left from Donowitz misses.
Tao bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Donowitz throws a shot from downtown. Tao moves away and avoids it.
Donowitz misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donowitz manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Donowitz.
Tao fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Donowitz is out of range.
Donowitz throws the kick towards the body but Tao avoids it.
Donowitz cracks Tao with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Donowitz lands a leg kick that knocks Tao off balance momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tao checks a low kick from Donowitz.
Tao takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Donowitz closes the distance and clinches.
Tao lands with a left to the head.
Tao tries to throw a body punch but Donowitz avoids it by throwing Tao back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Donowitz.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch on the inside from Tao fails to land.
Tao lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Donowitz backwards.
Tao scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tao has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Donowitz.
A head punch on the inside from Tao fails to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Donny Donowitz.
I think Donowitz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donny Donowitz!
Donny Donowitz bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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